Before this battle, if Kitabatake's kyoke saw that the situation was not right, he would give the order to withdraw his troops without being reminded by these retainers.

And now, because the blow he received was too great, not only did he not want to withdraw his troops, but he also wanted to fight to the death with the Oda army.

I only heard Kitabatake's face hideously say: "No, no! I'm going to fight Oda Nobunaga. Order, this camp Ashigaru will kill the Oda family with me, and I will not stop if I don't take Oda Nobunaga's head today. ”

After hearing this, Yoshida Kanebo hurriedly persuaded and said: "The lord can't, no, the lord, if the family attacks the Oda family's main camp at this time, it will inevitably be surrounded by the Oda army, how can the lord personally get into danger, so his subordinates think that they should still retreat, and the ridge city rejects the enemy, and asks the lord to think twice, think twice, the lord." Yoshida Kanebo said this, not because he was afraid of death, but because he was really worried about the safety of Kitabatake.

"My lord, what Yoshida-sama said is reasonable, now is not the time for a decisive battle with the Oda family, and my subordinates and others implore the lord to return to Okochi Castle." Seeing this, the other two samurai also hurriedly spoke to persuade them.

"Fart! The Oda family is not vulnerable, if it weren't for the wooden Gu Zheng to defect, the victory would definitely belong to me, but, even so, as long as the elite of the family is dispatched, taking Nobunaga's head is also like probing the bag and taking things, don't talk nonsense, quickly gather the army, follow me directly to take the Oda army's main formation, and after killing Oda Nobunaga, it is not too late to return to Okochi Castle. ”

I saw that after Kitabatake Gujiao finished speaking, he didn't wait for the three retainers to answer, turned over and got on his horse, although the three retainers didn't know what the always cautious lord would suddenly become so radical, but how could they have time to think about it now.

Moreover, the lord had already stepped on the war horse, and no matter how much he persuaded him, he was afraid that he would not be able to impress the lord, so he had to quickly stand up, jump on the horse, and follow the lord to fight for his life with the Oda army. And, while they were on their horses, they kept shouting: "The lord is out of battle!" Quickly attack with the lord, the Oda family is in the main formation. "In order to mobilize the army of 3,000 banners and 500 elites.

And the three thousand flags of the Kitabatake family are much more elite than those improvised peasant soldiers and the flags under the command of the Hao family, all because the Kitabatake Gujiao will also take some time to guide them in martial arts in peacetime, which can be seen from the weapons in their hands, most of the flags under the command of other daimyo use spears as weapons, and the three thousand flags under the command of the Kitabatake family are all armed with horses.

Although this horse hand is poor, much worse than the sword in the samurai's hand, but in terms of attack power, it is much higher than other powerful flags and ashigaru, although in defense is not as light as the Oda family flag wearing a barrel and a bucket pocket, but in terms of attack power, it is even better.

And not to mention the five hundred elites, the Kitabatake Sect will take out ten days every month to teach them martial arts, and the Kitabatake Sect doesn't know how to spend a lot of money to arm them, so these five hundred elites have not only reached the standard of the samurai in terms of combat power, but also in terms of equipment, they are even more swords, armor is complete, and the equipment on their bodies is even better than that of Ashigaru.

Don't look at this elite only 500 people, however, its combat power is already unimaginably strong, and the Kitabatake Gujiao also relies on them, so in the previous battles, they have never tasted defeat.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the Hokahata has taught them five times a month, which is on par with the samurai of the family's ashigaru status, and it is precisely because of this that they are very loyal to the Kitabatake Gujiao, coupled with strong combat strength, so it is difficult for the weak battle situation to affect them, they believe that as long as there are 500 people of their own, then even if the family shows its decline, then it can turn defeat into victory. …,

Soon, 3,500 Kitabatake family Honjin Ashigaru has been under the command of the leader, following the lord to rush out of the Lu, Kitabatake Gujiao is even more in the lead, as if he is crazy, whether it is his own ashigaru or the enemy, anyone who dares to stand in front of him, all of them were killed by him with a sword, and the five hundred elites who were holding swords and wearing armor followed closely behind him were also the same as Kitabatake Gukyo, whoever stood in the way didn't care about the enemy or me, and cut people when they saw them, this was not because they were cruel, it was all because, if they didn't follow the lord closely, In case the lord is in danger, then he can only watch the lord being taken by the enemy.

And now, they are following behind the lord step by step, even if the enemy still wants to be unfavorable to the lord, there is no chance to attack.

Since the Kitabatake Gujiao and the 500 elites under his command fought a bloody way, the other 3,000 banners were much easier, they only had to follow one by one, and they could kill the invading enemy while fighting.

In an instant, the 3,500 troops led by Kitabatake Gukyo and his own people had already passed through the Kitabatake Army and were in front of the Oda Army.

However, when this army attacked the Oda army, it was no longer as smooth as just now, although the Kitabatake Gujiao and the five hundred elites led by him had already fought a bloody way and fought with the rear of the Oda army, but as soon as he could kill it, the Oda army had already blocked this passage, and the remaining 3,000 banners could not be killed again even if they tried their best.

And in the rear of the Oda army, Niwa Nagahide, Ikeda Hengxing and Lin Tongsheng saw this, they couldn't help but feel anxious, they really didn't expect that the Kitabatake family still had such an elite military momentum, they immediately stopped covering the Kitabatake army, and wanted to gather the military momentum and block the way of the lord, however, at this time, the army under his command was killing Zhenghuan, and the sound of killing on the battlefield shook the sky, even if they tried their best to shout and give orders, but except for the military situation around them, no one could hear it at all.

At this time, the Kitabatake Gujiao had already led the elite under his command to rush over, if they were allowed to rush after the last three formations, and the military momentum in the formation had been transferred out of the army, then the lord would be in danger, so they had no choice but to lead hundreds of hundreds of ashigaru around them to intercept the elite of the Kitabatake family.

And because the Oda family's army has been fighting the enemy for a long time and is already a little tired, even if the army led by the three of them is strong and strong, it is powerless.

Soon, Kitabatake Gukyo had already broken through the army led by Niwa Nagahide and Hayashi Tongsheng, and if they rushed past the hundreds of people in front of them, then it was the weakly defended home of the Oda army, and it was not difficult to kill Oda Nobunaga.

Ikeda also knew that if he allowed the enemy to rush past him, his lord would be in danger, so he had already made up his mind not to let the enemy go unless he died.

I saw that he clamped the horse's belly, shook the spear in his hand, and led the only more than 600 ashigaru to rush towards the Kitabatake.

"I'm the old Ikeda Tsuneko of the Oda family, unless you step on my corpse, you don't want to attack the main battle."

As his words fell, the spear in his hand had already stabbed out towards the Kitabatake Sect, and the six hundred troops under his command were also fighting with the five hundred elites of the Kitabatake family at the same time.

And the title of the sword master taught by Kitabatake Gujiao is not in vain, after he saw Ikeda Hengxing stabbing a shot, he did not parry with the knife in his hand, but a short body, while dodging the spear, he swung a knife, and this knife swept straight towards Ikeda Hengxing's left arm with the sound of the wind.

Ikeda Hengxing knew that the other party was known as a swordsman, and although he planned to fight with his life, he had already been careful because he had started a war, but he didn't expect that the Kitabatake Gujiao could still attack in such a posture, which was really unbelievable.

But now he has no time to think about it, seeing that this blade has come to his left arm, if he doesn't dodge, I'm afraid this arm will be cut off by the other party, and the Oda family is currently in the ascending stage, this is a good time for him to get more battles, and he will never allow himself to become a wasted person. …,

As soon as the blade arrived, Ikeda Hengxing gritted his teeth, fell to the side, and fell off the horse, but even so, his left arm was still cut by Kitabatake, and although it was not crippled, it was impossible to use force now.

Kitabatake Gukyo only wanted to get Oda Nobunaga alone, and when he led his army to rush to Oda Nobunaga's main camp, the enemy had already begun to retreat, and if he didn't hurry up and kill Oda Nobunaga, then it would be impossible to succeed when the enemy all withdrew.

Although the 500 troops under his command were extremely elite, in the short period of time just now, they had already consumed a lot of physical strength, and the number of people was too small, it was impossible to pass through the encirclement of the Oda army, which had already been prepared.

Therefore, when Kitabatake Gujiao saw that Ikeda Hengxing had fallen, he did not rush to kill all of them, but ordered loudly: "Don't entangle with the enemy, quickly follow me to attack the enemy's main formation, as long as Oda Nobunaga is killed, then, each person will be sealed with a hundred stones." ”

Among the elites of the Kitabatake family, in addition to those who were scattered or had been killed, there were more than 400 elites left, and after hearing the promise of the lord, their spirits were for a while, and the movements in their hands were also a little faster.

Hurriedly slashed the enemy in front of him as quickly as possible, and followed the lord.

Just when Kitabatake Gujiao just wanted to ride his horse straight towards the Oda army's main formation, Ikeda Hengxing, who had fallen to the ground, couldn't help but be anxious, if he let the elite of the Kitabatake army pass, then the lord would be in danger, but now his left arm has been injured, even if he uses a knife with one hand, how long can he leave the other party, and at this time, Kitabatake Gujiao has already moved forward again, just when Ikeda Hengxing has just arrived at the critical moment when he has no choice but to peace, he suddenly thought that since he can't meet Kitabatake, then it's better to do something to his step.

Although cutting off a horse's leg was considered extremely immoral by the samurai and ridiculed by others, Ikeda was willing to lose his reputation.

Thinking of this, I saw him pull out the knife at his waist and cut it at the leg of the horse that Kitabatake Gujiao sat down on.

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